Receptacle actuator



Oct. 14 1924.

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Patented Get. 14, 1924.

Ui'l'EQ STATES PATENT QFFHIE.

KATIE WILD-BERGER, OF MENNO, SOUTH DAKOTA.

I. REQEPTACLE ACTUATOR- Application filed August 25, 1922. Serial No. 584,208.

effort that the operator can if she so elects read or do fancy work or mending while actuating the churn.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification:-

Figure 1 is a. front elevation of the churn constituting the best practical embodiment of my invention that I have as yet devised.

liigure 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Figure 8 is a top plan view of the churn.

Figure i is an enlarged diametrical section of the churn body.

Figure 5 is an enlarged detail View of one of the journal bearings comprised in the churn.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all of the views of the drawings.

As will be readily understood by comparison of Figures 1 and 3 my novel churn actuator takes up but little floor space and hence can be conveniently stored or placed out of the way when not in use. Among other elements the churn comprises a rotary body 1, preferably of metal and tinned at its inner side. The said body is provided with a drain opening 2 normally closed by a plug 3 or other appropriate closure means, and at its upper end the body has an exteriorly threaded neck l. This neck 1 constitutes an abutment for a transparent disk preferably of glass, through which the operator can view the contents of the body and note the progress made in the buttermaking operation. The said disk 5 is removable as is also the. threaded and flanged disk-retaining annulus 6 which is of appropriate metal and is provided with radial projections 7 so that it can be powerfully turned in either direction on the neck 4;.

An annular gasket 8 of rubber or other compressible material is arranged about the base of the neck 4, Figure 1, to seal the joint and cushion the annulus at that point when it serves to hold the disk 5 in liquidtight manner against the end of the neck 4. Inaddition to the body l characterized as described, the churn comprises a rotary frame 9 in which the body is brazed or molded or otherwise permanently fixed, the said frame 9 surrounding the body at an intermediate point in the length thereof.

Fixed with respect to and extending radially in opposite directions from the frame 9 are shaft portions 10 and 11 each of which terminates at its outer end in a ball 12, Figure 5. At an intermediate point in its length the shaft portion 11 is provided with an integral crank 18. The said balls 12 at the outer end of the shaft portions 10 and 11 are journaled in socket bearings 1 1 at the upper ends of frame standards 15, one of the said standards 15 and asupplemental short standard 15 fixed to and braced by an interposed horizontal rod 16, arranged below and in parallelism with the shaft portions 10 and 11. At their lower ends the frame standards 15 and 15 are provided with broad feet 17 to lend stability to the structure; and it will also be noted that the supplemental short frame standard 15* is connected to one of the standards 15 by a low horizontal brace bar 18 which is fixed to the said standards or to the feet thereof as shown. The rod 16 together with the shaft 20 arranged in alinement therewith forms an effective bracing member directly connecting the. standards 15 together, and the shaft section 20 of this bracing member additionally serving to support the treadle 21 for rocking movement.

Journaled in sockets 19 on one standard 15 and the short standard 15 are balls at the ends of a rock shaft 20 to which is approximately fixed a treadle 21 with an end extension 22 in the form. of a journal as illustrated.

The ball and socket oints described are materially advantageous inasmuch as in virtue of the same, the several shaft portions 10, 11 and 20 are enabled to retain the standards in proper relation without the assistance of extraneous means; it being understood in this connection that in assembling the elements of the churn, the sockets are spun or otherwise positioned about the balls.

Pivotally mounted on the crank 13 and journal extension 22 are couplings 23 and 24, respectively, and interposed between and connected to the said couplings is a coiled spring pitman 25 which is advantageous because its elasticity contributes to the easy running quality of the churn after the body 1 is initially rotated by to impart momentum thereto.

In order to retain the body 1 upright position incident to the pouring of cream fi'd' l'le b -Y 0 t e l f ng f but er there- Q I I Pr the ey 26. nt e qdy, and the 1QQsely-coiinected hook on adjet' sq t' bearing 11 s id hoekbein engaged with the eye 26 at t 91- b i p m t d a othe t m s o est idl onth e said socket bearin M Iyt wil be ea lyarper nti pm the g ngth n hav p v desan ea y un i g .ai 'deflicient churn actuator of simple and durable construction, one that is susceptible or being easily and thoroughly cleaned, and is adapted to be readily mowed from one point to another which in its finalanalysisincludes only four main parts,

thestandards 15 carrying feet 17, t h e receptacle receiying nember 9 with the shaft portions 10 and 11, and the bra-cin-g member w th i t r i 2 upp ting he ea l hav g a conne t onth the crank 13.

e im -stated rot 1 have entered into a detailed description oftlie construction and relative arrangement of the parts embraced in the present and preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart full, clear and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as confining myself to the specific construction and relative arrangement of parts inasmuch as in the future practice of the invention ar eii cheeses and mcd-ific t n m y be ma e suc as fell with e scope o my in teijition as defined in my appended claim.

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em-te w re- :1 9 a d the ends o aidporgtions being jou rna-led in the upper end- 01 the standards, brace member connecting said standards havinga section adapted-tor oscillating movement, a trleadle cl on said oscillating section, a t on between the treadle and crank for go ting; the crank-and WOIk carrying member in the oscillation of the tree-idle.

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